PnB Rock’s murder sent shockwaves through the Hip Hop community. Freddie Gibbs has been in dangerous encounters himself and explained why robbery situations leave rappers in a “lose-lose” predicament.
Freddie Kane joined The Bootleg Kev Podcast earlier this week where he blasted people who were critical of PnB Rock’s decision to be in Roscoe’s rocking his jewelry because he wasn’t bothering anybody.
“He wasn’t bothering nobody, man. I don’t give a fuck where he was at. Nobody should’ve fucked with him,” he said. “That’s the problem with y’all n-ggas. N-ggas think, ‘I should be able to wear the fuck what I got.’ I know that ain’t reality, so I just protect what I got and it is what it is.”
PnB Rock was gunned down at Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles in South Los Angeles on September 12. Three arrests have since been made in the case.
Freddie Gibbs recalled his own altercation with Benny The Butcher’s crew in Buffalo earlier this year and wondered what the narrative would’ve been if he had passed away.
“30 muthafuckas came to a restaurant I was eating at and what if I would’ve died?” he asked. “Would it be Freddie Gibbs was great? Would Akademiks be saying Freddie Gibbs was a great rapper in his post? Since I got jumped, it’s a different thing?
“What if he gave it up and lived? It’s a lose-lose for n-ggas so what the fuck y’all n-ggas want from us? If I would’ve gave it up, you would’ve clowned me. ‘Oh shit, this bitch-ass n-gga.’ But if I fight for mine and die, ‘Oh man, he shouldn’t even been there.’ Man, suck my dick.”
In a recent appearance on the New Rory & Mal podcast, Benny The Butcher addressed the feud himsef expressed exasperation at how things have reached this point.
“I think that n-gga just try to use my energy in some type of way,” he said. “I feel like if he couldn’t use it by doing songs with me, he was looking for a situation. People know how he go, he was looking for a situation and this ain’t what he wanted…I don’t hate that man, I’m a street n-gga, I’m a gangster for real. He and I know what I’m on, so I don’t hate him, it’s music.”
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As for Freddie Gibbs’ other rivalries in the rap game, he revealed earlier this week he’s squashed his long-standing beef with Jeezy.
“I love U bro,” Gibbs wrote in an Instagram apology to his former CTE label boss. “I apologize. But really U brought a different beast out of me and motivated me to get to this point so I gotta thank U at the same time. Love. @jeezy.”
I think this is more of a generational thing than anything else. In the 90s and the 2000s most rappers had a hood pass regardless of what srt they came from before they got signed. Pac and Biggie was an extreme case. How many other west coast legends from the NWA era got robbed or killed ? How many No Limit Soilders or Cash Money Millionaires got killed besides Solja Slim ? How many ATL rappers got killed during the crunk era ? T.I. and Lil Flip came close but it didnt get to shooting. Gucci and Jeezy squashed their beef. And nobody did shit in Houston without consulting J Prince. He even got a rappers stolen chain back because thats how much he is feared on the streets. But these young rappers (and gang members) dont share the same code of honor the older generation does. They dont care if they die. To them old is 30.
Nah OG, the 90s and 2000s were reckless too, just not to this level with social media. Big L killed, Freaky Tah killed, E-Money Bags killed, 50 shot, Fab shot, Chi Ali killing somebody, Cassidy/AR-Ab shooting, C-murder killing somebody, Beanie Sigel shot, Gillie Da Kid shot, (Lil Flip got shot too, not related to T.I.) etc. So it was going down, but definitely not at this rate. I think these kids just really believe it won’t happen to them….
“If I would’ve gave it up you would’ve clowned me, ‘Oh shit, this bitch-ass n-gga.” — but Freddie, you were clowning Benny when he got shot during his attempted robbery in Houston. Freddie makes some great music but he needs to focus on that and leave all the beefing alone. Glad he patched it up with Jeezy though.
what a strange thing to say. this kind of thing gets uppity with the social justice warriors they will be like oh christ we have to put rap and hip hop under the microscope because of all of the explicit lyrics. a lot of that rap that is really dark like spaceghostperp nik $ix three 6 mafia out of atlanta you can’t just watch and listen to it on mtv you have to dig deep so you log on the internet and find it. live with it because people, black people, black rappers, are going to be shot and die or live to tell about it anyway. in a perfect world but this world will never be perfect i say enjoy the music and hold your own.
And that drill music is something else, especially over there in the UK. So lethal. It’s sad though, because music should be something that’s thoroughly enjoyed. But when it’s used for evil then evil things happen. My heart goes out to all innocent lives lost, regardless of the music genre. R.I.P.